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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Day laborers offer to pay to keep hiring center open
Economic downturn has dried up funding for Laguna Beach site.
By AMY TAXIN
The Orange County Register
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LAGUNA BEACH – Day laborers have proposed paying a daily fee to help keep the Laguna Beach hiring center open during an economic downturn that has dried up funding for the site.
Workers drafted the plan after they were told that the nonprofit agency running the center on Laguna Canyon Road would need to shut it down Monday because of a lack of cash.
The nonprofit South County Cross-Cultural Council relies on fees collected from day laborers who get work and contractors who use the site for nearly half of its budget. Both funding sources have dwindled in the housing slump, said David Peck, who chairs the nonprofit.
In response, day laborers proposed to each pay $2 to use the site – regardless of whether they find work. Currently, workers who don't get jobs get a $1 fee refunded at the end of the day.
"We have to look for a safe place," said Salvador Vargas, a day laborer who uses the Laguna Beach site. "We come here seeking work, and this is a very good place."
The council will formally consider workers' proposal at its board meeting next week, Peck said. For now, the center will remain open.
Contact the writer: 714-796-7722 or ataxin@ocregister.com
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ocnewsjunky wrote:
This is just ANOTHER illegal move on the part of this day labor site. When are the people of the state of California and the taxpayers of Laguna Beach going to say ENOUGH?

Ten years ago the City of Laguna Beach squatted on this State owned piece of land and set up a day labor site, that knowingly aids illegal aliens. When the State of CA was made aware that they owned the land they evicted the day labor site, but then made a deal to rent the land to them for $420 per month. Now they want to sell the land for the appraised value of $1.2 Million, but the city of Laguna Beach refuses to give up their day labor site.

Now the workers say they will pay a MANDATORY FEE to continue funding it? A mandatory fee will make them a business and they would have to abide by all the laws any other business has to in this state. That means TAXES, LICENSES, PERMITS, and checking I-9 FORMS!

This is public land! Why are we allowing illegal aliens (allegedly illegal) to set up an illegal business on it?

And what about the safety liability? Who pays if one of these workers gets hit by a car or falls off a ladder at an employer's home? I can answer that. WE WILL! The taxpayers of Laguna Beach and the State of CA will pay and pay and pay.

ENOUGH!

To learn all the details of the lawsuit against the city of Laguna Beach go to www.betsyrosspatriots.com and click on the DOCUMENTS section. Read the Statement of Facts.
4/10/2008 12:40:25 PM
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mojojonji wrote:
If they are paying fees, then they should also pay an income tax at the same time.
4/10/2008 12:17:35 PM
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